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GENERAL INFORMATION FOR THE 

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The U. S. Information Center answers 

public inquiries on all phases of 

Government activity or directs 

them 

to the proper channels. The Center 

is provided by the Office of War 

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formation and is located at 

1400 

Pennsylvania Avenue. Telephone 

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Republic 7500, Extension 2301. 

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New York, the Bureau of Public 

Inquiries is located at 122 

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Forty-second Street. Telephone 

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Introduct ion........ 

WARTIME WASHINGTON 

The White House..... 

Capitol Hill........ 

The Fighting Forces.... 

Emergency War Agencies.................... 

Other Agencies Converted to War........... 

THE UNITED NATIONS 

I ntroduct ion.... 

United Nations Information................ 

Inter-Amer ican Information.... 

Information Offices of Individual Nations. 
Cooperation Among Nat ions................. 

Index...... 


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INTRODUCTION 


Magazine editors and writers, patriotically cooper¬ 
ating in the dissemination of war information in fiction 
and informative articles need not be discouraged by de¬ 
scriptions of the maze-like qualities of war-time Wash¬ 
ington. The national capital undoubtedly is a boom town, 
with its War and Navy Departments spilling over into 
nearby Virginia and its Public Health Service and Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture into nearby Maryland. Some of its 
agencies have also moved to other cities. Yet the facts 
which the magazines want are not too hard to find. With 
the assistance of information officers who know their 
fields, the apparently confused mass soon settles into 
solid subject matter. 

In many Federal war agencies information officers 
are men and women who have studied not only press and 
radio but also the magazines, hi others, magazine 
specialists whose by-lines are known to magazine readers 
have been appointed for the specific purpose of giving 
information to magazine writers. 

Washington in these war days also furnishes a key 
to unlock the information sources of the world. The 
news of the United Nations is now well organized. The 
propaganda of the Axis is monitored and put on record. 
Here in Washington is being recorded the tremendous 
story of how U. S. fighting men, U. S. strategic mater¬ 
ials, and U. S. economic weapons are being joined with 
those of our allies to hasten victory. Through Washing¬ 
ton^ embassies and legations flow the adventure stories 
of all the countries fighting for the freedom of the in¬ 
dividual whether by actual combat or through resistance 
within the occupied countries. Here, too, the policy of 
solidarity with the other American republics is being 
translated into economic warfare against the Axis. 

The first section of this Key concerns the War 
Agencies of the United States; the second concerns the 
United Nations. 


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WARTIME WASHINGTON 


The to?lowing resume of Federal information 
sources, while by no means all-inclusive, should 
make it possible to secure authoritative informa¬ 
tion in the various fields of war activities, so 
far as it can be published. 

Since this key is for the purpose of serving 
as a short-cut for magazine editors and writers, 
the agencies, departments and bureaus summarized 
are for the most part titled in accordance with 
their subject matter. As it is obviously impossi¬ 
ble to include all subjects pertinent to this war, 
the Magazine Division has included those on which 
it receives most queries. 


THE WHITE HOU SE 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE : Stephen T. Early, Secretary to the 
President, is magazine contact on all matters per¬ 
taining to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his 
Executive Office. In his files are copies of the 
President’s speeches, executive orders, press releases, 
and press conference summaries which are fundamental 
to interpretations of this administration and the con¬ 
duct of the war. 

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. National 1414 

Washington, D. C. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION : Malvina Thompson, Secretary to Mrs. 

Roosevelt, is magazine contact on the various activi¬ 
ties of the President’s wife. 

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N. ty. National |4|4 

Washington, D. C- 


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CAPITOL HILL 


CONGRESS : Customs developed down the years make Congress, 
however complicated to the uninitiated, easily ac¬ 
cessible to the fact-finder. Its members, its com¬ 
mittees, the whole official scene on which it operates, 
are catalogued in the Congressional Directory. Its 
running story is told daily in The Congressional Record. 
Both Vice President Henry A. Wallace, President of the 
Senate, and Representative Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the 
House, have offices staffed by secretaries accustomed 
to handling information. The Secretary of the Senate, 
Edwin A. Halsey, and the Clerk of the House, South 
Trimble, officials with years of experience, command 
experts in legislative matters who record Congressional 
activities. 

The office of any senator or representative may 
be reached by calling the Capitol telephone number and 
giving the name of the member wanted. Secretaries of 
members are able to give general information which 
makes it unnecessary to burden the members themselves. 

Both the Senate and House of Representatives 
have Press Galleries and Radio Correspondents’ 

Galleries. Admission is obtained by presenting cre¬ 
dentials to standing committees which pass upon them. 
Magazine editors and accredited magazine writers may 
make arrangements for the use of the press galleries 
for limited periods, if they are introduced by a mem¬ 
ber. For further details on making such arrangements 
check with the Magazine Division of OWI, Republic 7500, 
Extension 71144. Harold R. Beckley is Superintendent 
of the Senate Press Gallery; William J. Donaldson is 
Superintendent of the House Press Gallery. 


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The Senate meets in the North Wing of the Capitol 
Building, the House in the South Wing, The Senate 
Office Building is easily accessible to the Senate 
Chamber through a subway equipped with miniature rail¬ 
way transportation. The two House Office Buildings 
are accessible to the House Chamber through subways 
for pedestrians. 

Senate Office Building National 3120 

Delaware Ave., and B Streets, N. E. 

House Office Buildings National 3120 

New Jersey Ave.. and B Streets, S« E. 


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS : This is, in effect, the national 

library o£ the United States. It serves not only the 
entire government but the public as weil, and its use 
is free without introduction or credential, to any 
inquirer from any place. 

With its collection of some 6,000,000 volumes, 
its contacts v/ith experts in the various bureaus of 
the Government, the Library of Congress serves as an 
invaluable source of materials for writers. Much of 
the reference work is carried on through correspondence. 
Magazine editors and writers may get in touch with 
David C. Mearns, Reference Librarian. 

Reference Department National 2725 

First St., S. E. between B and Ext. 5! I 

East Capitol Streets 


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SUPREME COURT : The judicial power of the United States is 
vested in the Supreme Court, made up of the Chief 
Justice and eight Associate Justices who are appointed 
by the President with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. Court begins the first Monday in October of 
each year and continues as long as the business before 
the Court requires, usually until about the first of 
June. Approximately 1,000 cases are passed upon in 
the course of a term. Editors and writers may write 
or telephone Nelson Potter, Superintendent of Press 
Relations, for information and materials. 

Room 31 - Executive 1840 

United States Supreme Court Building Ext. 186 
I First Street, N. E. 

Washington, D. C. 


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THE FIGHTING FORCES 


Naturally, the most inspiring dramas of 
heroism are being enacted in the theatres of 
war. Ihis causes intense interest in every¬ 
thing pertaining to the Army; to the Navy which, 
of course, includes the Marines and Coast Guard; 
and also to the Merchant Marine whose risks are 
great. These are fields in which care must be 
taken not to divulge information of value to the 
enemy. 


ARMY : An executive order of February 28, 194-2 authorized 

a complete and sweeping reorganization of the War 
Department to provide a more streamlined army geared 
to the accelerated program of organizing, training, 
arming, supplying and transporting our land and air 
forces. The Secretary of War is Henry L. Stimson. 

Under the new plan of operation all Army 
activities within the United States now are grouped 
under three commanders: Commanding General of the 
Army Air Forces, Commanding General of the Army 
Ground Forces, and Commanding General of the Services 
of Supply. In this way, the two great fighting 
armies, air and ground, are relieved, by Services of 
Supply, of the burden of procurement, supply and 
general "housekeeping" (except for some procurement 
and experimental development peculiar to the Air 
Force which remains with that arm). These air and 
ground fighting units merge into cohesive fighting 
teams or task forces in combat, under the commanders 
of the various theaters of war. 

Also under the Army’s command are the WAACS 
(Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the WAFS (Women’s 
Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron). The Army Nurse Corps 

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is an integral part of the Army, in the Office of 
the Surgeon General. 

The Army is one of the most valuable sources of 
material for magazine articles and stories, and 
editors and writers will find an abundance of in¬ 
formation available. Director of the Bureau of 
Public Relations in the War Department is Major 
General Alexander D. Surles; Chief of the Press 
Branch is Lieutenant Colonel Marshall E. Newton. 

Inquiries on books and magazine articles cover¬ 
ing any Branch of the Army should be addressed to 
the Section of the Publications Branch of that Bureau. 
Since Army appointments are necessarily subject to 
change, mail need not carry the name of the officer 
in charge. When making calls either in person or by 
telephone, ask for Major Frank P. Frazier. 

Room 2 D 859 Republic 6700 

Pentagon Building Ext. 4093 

Arlington, Virginia 


UAVY: This division of America’s fighting forces has 

under its command the construction, manning, arming, 
equipping, maintenance and operation of all the 
country’s vessels of war. The Marine Corps and Coast 
Guard are integral parts of the Naval establishment. 
Frank Knox is the Secretary of the Navy. 

Naval, Coast Guard and Marine aeronautics come 
under Navy jurisdiction. The three new women’s 
reserves, WAVES, SPARS and Women’s Reserve of the 
Marine Corps are also a part of the Navy. The Navy 
Nurse Corps has been greatly increased as a result 
of war. 

Magazine editors and writers will find much 
interesting editorial material in the various 
activities and functions of the Navy Department. 
Director of Public Relations is Captain Leland P. 

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Lovette: Officer in charye of the Press Section is 
Lieutenant Commander W. M. McCarthy. 

Lieutenant Commander Walter Karig is in charge 
of the Magazine and Book Section for information on 
al1 Navy matters. 

Room 0132 Republic 7400 

Navy Building Ext. 5151-2-3 

18th and Constitution Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 

Lieutenant Commander Victor F. Blakeslee reviews 
the written and spoken word on all Navy affairs prior 
to publication or delivery. 

Room 0130 Republic 7400 

Navy Building Exts. 62135-6-7 

18th and Constitution Avenue 
Washington, D. C. 


MARI FES : The Marine Corps, a branch of the Navy, combines 
land, sea and air operations. The editorial contact 
for this branch of the service is Brigadier General 
R. L. Denig, Director of Public Relations. 

Room 1006 Republic 7400 

Arlington Annex Ext. 7386 

Arlington, Virginia 


COAST GUARD ♦ The Coast Guard is the smallest of our 

military services. It normally acts as a maritime 
policeman under the Treasury Department, but during 
war or times of national emergency it is transferred 
to the Navy and operates as a part of it. 

The Coast Guard has charge of all the aids to 
navigation-1ighthouses, lightships, buoys and radio 
beacons. It enforces the observance of safety 
regulations among motorboatmen. It enforces safety 

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rules and cares for the welfare of the merchant marine 
through its incorporation with the Bureau of Merchant 
Marine Inspection and Navigation. The Greenland and 
Alaska Patrols bring justice and medical care to those 
remote regions. 

The Port Security program of the Coast Guard, 
with its fleet of 250 fireboats, endeavors to prevent 
any possible damage to shipping. For, if a ship or 
its cargo is lost because of fire, sabotage, or neg¬ 
ligence in a port, the result is the same as if it 
were torpedoed on the high seas. The men of the 240 
surf stations along our shores are now doubly respon¬ 
sible, not only because disaster at sea is a more 
common experience in the ruthless submarine warfare 
being conducted by our enemies, but because they must 
now be prepared for the possible landing of saboteurs. 
Horses and dogs are helping in these lonely vigils. 

Larger Coast Guard cutters are operating in 
escort units while the smaller ones are engaged in 
anti-submarine patrol and coastwise convoy duty. 

They often operate directly with Coast Guard aircraft. 
Some troop transports are completely manned by the 
Coast Guard. Th? Coast Guard has suffered casualties 
in areas as remote as Iceland and Singapore. Captain 
Ellis Reed-'Hill, public Relations Officer, is the in¬ 
formation source for this war-time branch of the Navy. 

Room P202 Rspubl ic 7W0 

1300 E Street, N. W. Ext. 4W7 

Washington, D* C- 


sh ippi ng a HD SoJPBUZLDIffG • The lifelines between our pro¬ 
duction front and the world-wide battlefronts of a 
global war consist of cargo ships which operate 
through submarine-infested waters and brave air attack 
daily tc keep our fighting forces supplied with the 
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The ship construction program of the U. S. Mari¬ 
time Commission is the greatest the world has ever 
known. Two-thirds of a million persons are now at 
work in shipyards on Maritime Commission contracts. 
About a million more are working in factories produc¬ 
ing materials and parts for Liberty Ships and other 
ships of the Victory Fleet. 

Operation of the merchant marine is the function 
of the War Shipping Administration. This agency allo¬ 
cates tonnage and works out the routes for the ships 

to take. Under the WSA also come two merchant marine 

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manpower programs. The Recruitment and Manning Organ¬ 
ization has the job of finding experienced officers 
and seamen and inducing them to return to the sea as a 
wartime duty. The Training Division trains young men 
to be officers and apprentice seamen through the Mer¬ 
chant Marine Cadet Corps and the U. S. Maritime Serv¬ 
ice. The former operates cadet academies and the 
latter conducts the programs of the apprentice seamen 
training stations. Thousands of men are being trained 
for important work in the deck, engine room and stew¬ 
ard departments of the merchant marine. 

Rear Admiral Emory S« Land is Chairman of the 
Maritime Commission and Administrator of the War 
Shipping Administration. Mark 0 T Dea, Director of the 
Division of Public Relations for both Organizations, 
will supply editors and writers with copy material on 
shipbuilding and shipping. 

Division of Public Relations Executive 33^40 

Room 71420, Commerce Building Ext. 60 

114 th and E Streets, N.W. 

Washington, D. C« 


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EMERGENCY WAR AGENCIES 


To deal with special problems created by the 
war, a number of war agencies have been established 
in the Federal government. These have been 
necessary in order to key the nation’s economy to 
total war, to mobilize its manpower, to deal with 
the dissemination of war information both inside 
and outside the country, and to lessen the shock 
of war dislocations to the people. 


VAR INFORMATION : The Office of War Information was es¬ 
tablished as an emergency agency to disseminate both 
here and abroad, except in the field of Inter-Ameri¬ 
can Affairs, all information on our war activities 
which will not give aid to the enemy, and which will 
further the successful prosecution of the war. 

Elmer Davis is Director. 

OWI’s Domestic Operations Branch, under Gardner 
Cowles, Jr., seeks to develop an informed, intelli¬ 
gent civilian understanding of the war at home and 
abroad, through newspapers, radio, motion pictures, 
books, magazines, pamphlets and other media. 

The Overseas Branch, under Robert E. Sherwood, 
disseminates information outside the country through 
shortwave radio and outposts in allied countries. 
This Branch also prepares publications for overseas 
distribution. 

George H. Lyon is Chief of the News Bureau; 

Phil Stitt heads the Trade Press unit. 


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The Magazine Division of OWI was created to aid 
domestic magazine editors and writers by placing at 
their service, wherever possible, the many informa¬ 
tion sources of wartime Washington and the United 
Nations. Miss Dorothy Ducas is Chief; Miss Bess 
Furman, Assistant Chief. 

Room 34-49 Republic 7500 

Social Security Building Exts. 7 1144; 72383 


INTER- AMERICAN AFFAIRS : The Office of the Coordinator of 
Snter-American Affairs was established by executive 
order August, 1940, to integrate governmental and 
private activity in the inter-American field. 

Nelson A. Rockefeller is Coordinator. Its work falls 

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into two categories, economic and informational. In 
cooperation with the Department of State, CIAA plans 
and executes inter-American programs in the fields of 
health and sanitation, food supply, education and 
science, transportation and press, radio and motion 
pictures. It formulates and puts into effect in the 
commercial and economic fields programs which further 
the interests of all the peoples of the Western 
Hemisphere. There is much good material for magazine 
writers and editors in the activities of this office. 

. For information communicate with Francis A.Jamieson 
or Miss Martha Dalrymple. 

Office of the Coordinator Republic 7500 

of Inter-American Affairs Ext. 5321 

Commerce Building 

14th and Constitution Avenue, N. W» 

Washington, D. C. 


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CENSORSHIP : The Office of Censorship, Byron Price, 

Director, assures that no information helpful to the 
enemy is disseminated by radio, press, mail, cable or 
any other means of transmission outside the United 
States. It also conducts a voluntary censored ip, 
through its Codes of Wartime Practices, of the 
domestic press and broadcasters. 

These codes ask publishers and broadcasters not 
to make public certain facts which have a military 
security basis. Every magazine editor and writer has 
a patriotic duty to be familiar with the Code of War¬ 
time Practices for the American Press, copies of 
which are available at the Press Division, Office of 
Cen sorsh i p. 

Apex Building Executive 3800 

7th and Pennsylvania Ave, N. W. Ext. ii2 

Washington, D. C. 


ECONOMIC STABILIZATION : The small but highly important 
Office of Economic Stabilization, headed by James F. 
Byrnes as Director and charged with the duty of keep¬ 
ing this country on even economic keel in the war 
emergency, has no specified public relations officer. 
However, magazine questions may be referred to Sam 
Lubell, former OWI writer in the anti-inf 1 at Ion field. 

East Wing National 1414 

The White House 

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 

Washington, P. C. 


ECONOMIC WARFARE : The Board of Economic Warfare Is con¬ 
cerned with directing the war behind the war—the war 
on the economic front. Vice President Henry A. 
Wallace is Chairman; Milo Perkins Is Executive 
Director. BEW is responsible for: (|) bringing in 
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war production and developing new sources of needed 
supplies such as rubber, tin, sisal, copper, manganese, 
etc.; (2) directing the steady flow, from this country, 
of commercial export of commodities needed by our 
allies; and (3) keeping a running analysis of the 
economic position of every country in the world. 

In brief, the task of the BEW is to support the 
entire war program of the United Nations, to weaken 
the enemy wherever possible on the economic front, and 
to strengthen the economics of friendly neutral nations. 
Magazine material may be obtained from J. B. Hasselman, 
Chief of the Information Division. 

Room 1031 Executive 7030 

Temporary Building T Ext. 575 

14th and Constitution Ave., 

Washington, D. C. 


VAR PRODUCTION : The War Production Board was established 
January 16, 1942, by President Roosevelt to assure 
"the most effective prosecution of war procurement and 
war production." Donald M. Nelson is Chairman. 

In a war economy in which the resources of the 
nation are inadequate to produce everything needed, 

WPB allocates to each industry sufficient resources to 
operate on approved schedules within a precisely 
balanced general program. Further, this United States 
program must be synchronized with the production 
programs of the other United Nations. WPB determines 
the policies, plans, procedures, and methods of other 
Federal agencies with respect to war procurement and 
war production, and exercises full and final authority 
over the issuance of all priority ratings. 


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For magazine material, available through any of its 
branches, consult Martin Quigley, Chief of the Special 
Projects Branch, or Luis J. A. Vi 11alon. Division of 
Informat i on. 


Room 5166 

Social Security Building 


Republic 7500 
Ext. 661! 


4th and Independence Avenue 
Washington, D. C. 


LEFD-LEASE ' The Office of Lend-Lease Administration is the 
agency through which the United Nations pool their 
combined resources in the common war effort. Edward 
R. Stettinius, Jr., is Administrator. 

Lend-lease is playing an important part in pro¬ 
viding goods and services to all countries resisting 
Axis aggression. These supplies include military 
items such as planes, tanks, ships, guns and ammuni¬ 
tion; industrial materials such as steel, petroleum 
products, machinery and machine tools; foodstuffs and 
other agricultural products. Services include: 
repair in this country of United Nations ships; pro¬ 
vision of shipping to carry goods to and from lend- 
lease countries; building of new factories and ship¬ 
yard facilities for production of lend-lease goods; 
and the training in this country of the United Nations 
ai r forces. 

Being a central administrative and policy-making 
organization, Lend-Lease does no actual purchasing, 
but makes procurements through the agencies purchasing 
for our own needs. For magazine material, apply to 


Wilder Foote of OWI, Republic 7500, Ext. 74313 or John 
D. East, Research Assistant at Lend-Lease. 


Room 514 

515 22nd Street, N. W 
Washington, D. C. 


Republic 7500 
Ext. 4598 


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WAR MANPOWER : To win the war, America must mobilize her 
entire resources including manpower—men, women, and 
youth. The War Manpower Commission, Paul V. McNutt, 
Chairman, is the Government’s agency established 
specifically to carry out this vital program, both asN 
to the mobilization of the armed forces and the pro¬ 
duction personnel. Its primary objectives are: 

(l) to effect complete utilization of our now existing 
labor force, matching the right persons to the right 
jobs either in the fighting forces or on the home 
front; and (2) to add more millions to our present 
labor force in order to meet the ever-increasing demands 
of our growing military, production, and agricultural 
program. The many phases of the Commission’s work 
include Selective Service, U. S. Employment Service, 
and war training programs. Philip Broughton is 
Director of Information. Magazine editors and writers 
may consult Guy Pearce Jones, Chief, Magazine Section, 
WMC. 

Room 330 Executive 4660 

Securities and Exchange Bldg. Ext. 760 

18th St., and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W- 
Washington, D. C. 


FOOD ADMINISTRATION : To assure an adequate supply and 
efficient distribution of food to meet war and 
essential civilian needs, the Secretary of Agriculture 
has been given full responsibility for and control 
over the Nation’s food program. Claude R. Wickard is 
Secretary of Agriculture. 

For the purposes of the war food program, the 
Department of Agriculture was regrouped into three 
major administrative units: (l) the Food Production 
Administration concerned primarily with planning war¬ 
time agricultural production and including such 
agencies as the Agricultural Conservation and Adjust¬ 
ment Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, 
and the Farm Security Administration; (2) the Food 
Distribution Administration, concerned primarily with 
marketing activities and regulations and including 

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such agencies as the Agricultural Marketing Adminis¬ 
tration and that part of the Office for Agricultural 
War Relations concerned primarily with food distribu¬ 
tion; (3) the Agricultural Research Administration, 
devoted as its name indicates to finding new ways of 
handling foods to serve the purpose of war such as the 
development of the vast dehydrated foods industry so 
that food could be sent abroad under Lend-Lease. 

The Commodity Credit Corporation, the functions 
of which are now closely tied to those of the Food 
Production and the Food Distribution Administrations, 
maintains its independent status. However, such of 
its programs as are concerned with either domestic 
food production or distribution, will hereafter require 
approval by the director of the appropriate adminis¬ 
tration. The Forest Service and the Rural Electrifi¬ 
cation Administration maintain their functions and 
independent status unaltered. 

Secretary Wickard serves as Chairman of a Food 
Advisory Committee which includes a representative of 
each of the following agencies: War Department, 

Navy Department, Office of Lend-Lease Administration, 
Board of Economic Warfare, War Production Board, 
Interior Department, and State Department as well as 
both the Food Production and Food Distribution 
Directors of the Department of Agriculture. 

Morse Salisbury is Chief of the Office of 
Information of the Department of Agriculture. Whitney 
Tharin is Assistant Director of Information in charge 
of Press and Radio, and W. K. Charles is Chief of 
Press Service. T. Swann Harding is assigned at all 
times to meet the special needs and requests of 
magazine editors and writers. 

Office of Information 
Administration Building 
Department of Agriculture 
The Mai 1 

Washington, D. C. 


Republic 4142 
Ext. 4842 


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PRICE ADMINISTRATION: The Office of Price Administration 
Prentiss Brown, Administrator, has two major responsi¬ 
bilities: (|) to prevent, by establishment and en¬ 

forcement of "ceilings" any abnormal increase in 
commodity prices and rents which in a war economy 
could rise to dangerousiy high levels; and (2) to 
assure, through rationing, the fair and equitable 
distribution of scarce goods. 

Through these two controls, OPA is charged with 
helping to check inflation and an uncontrolled distri¬ 
bution of scarce goods which, if not thus curbed, 
would undermine the country’s standard of living and 
endanger the war effort. For arrangement of inter¬ 
views, and for information, booklets, and other 
publications available to editors and writers, get 
in touch with Leigh Plummer, Director of Press and 
Campaigns. 

Room 3311 Republic 7500 

Federal Office Building #1 Ext. 71311 

Third and D Streets, $. w. 

Washington, D. C. 


OIL: Assuring sufficient oil for our military and civilian 
needs is one of the greatest tasks of the war’s 
prosecution. To coordinate more effectively the war 
policies and actions of the government concerned with 
producing, refining, transporting and marketing 
petroleum, the Petroleum Administration for War was 
established by executive order. Harold L. Ickes is 
Administrator. 

The executive order states that "the Administra¬ 
tor shall establish basic policies and formulate 
plans and programs to assure for the prosecution of 
the war the conservation and most effective develop¬ 
ment and utilization of petroleum in the United States 
and its territories and possessions and issue necessary 
Policy and operating directives." 



Information and editorial material may be ob¬ 
tained from Gordon M. Sessions, Director of Public 
Relations. 


Room 7515 

Department of interior 


Republic 1820 
Ext. 3161 


C between 18th and 191h Streets 
Washington, D. C- 


RUBBER : Within the War Production Board the Office of 

Rubber Director has been established in order to co¬ 
ordinate under one central authority the Nation’s 
program concerned with the wartime manufacture, dis- 
bution and conservation of rubber. William M. 

Jeffers is Director. 

ORD’s long-range plans for new synthetics, new 
sources of crude rubber in foreign countries and the 
procurement of supplies to meet immediate military 
and civilian needs, offer much interesting material 
for magazines. Writers and editors may communicate 
with Russell Hogin, Division of Information, WPB. 

Room 5525 Republic 7500 

Social Security Bldg. Ext. 6472 

3rd St. and Independence Ave. 

Washington, D. C- 


TRANSPORTATION : The duty of the Office of Defense Trans¬ 
portation is to assure maximum utilization of all 
domestic transportation facilities within the United 
States and its territories and possessions, for the 
successful prosecution of the war. The Director is 
Joseph B. Eastman. The coordination of domestic 
traffic with ocean shipping is another important 
phase of ODT activities. Information for magazine 


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editors and writers may be obtained from Bryant 
Putney, Information Officer. 

Room 1228 Republic 7500 

New Post Office Building Ext. 76222 

13th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D. C. 


VAR COHMUtlCATIOKS : Established as a war emergency 

measure, the Board of War Communications’ functions 
are: (l) to control, seize, or close any,communi¬ 

cations facilities when the best interests of the 
United States so determine; and (2) to police the 
air to prevent use, by subversive agents, of devices 
capable of signalling the enemy. Established in 
September 1940, its powers were greatly broadened 
after Pearl Harbor as communications problems were 
intensified. James Lawrence Fly is Chairman. 

For magazine material on the Board’s many and di¬ 
versified war activities, consult Russell Clevenger. 

Room 7234 Executive 3620 

New Post Office Building Ext. 361 

12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D- C. 


' CIVILIAN PS REUSE : The Office of Civilian Defense coordi¬ 
nates the work of other Federal agencies concerned 
with stjte and local civilian defense activities. 
James M. Landis is Director. Through its three 
principal branches (Protection, War Services, Fa¬ 
cility Security) OCD develops plans for organizing 
and training volunteers to safeguard cilivians in 
case of emergency; organizes the civilian population 
to maintain community services in the fields of 
health, nutrition, child welfare, housing, recreation, 
etc.; and supplements the protective program of the 
Army, Navy and Federal Power Commission, and cor¬ 
relates with them the anti-sabotage activities of 


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other Government agencies. £. A. Sheridan is direc¬ 
tor of Public Advice and Council. Truman Felt is 
Chief of the Press Section. For magazine information 
and material, editors and writers may consult Miss 
Frances Knight, Executive Assistant, Public Advice 
and Counsel. 

Room 103 1 Republic 7500 

DuPont Circle Building Ext. 6352 

Connecticut Ave. at DuPont Circle 
Washington, D, C. 


DEFEHS E HEALTH AMD WELFARE: The Office of Defense Health 

1 —————————— .1 —— Win ■! I. 

and Welfare Services was established as a war measure 
to provide the additional aids needed to meet the 
impact of defense upon civilian health and welfare. 

It coordinates and directs wartime activities of 
Federal agencies in the fields of health, welfare, 
education, recreation, family security, social pro¬ 
tection, and services for children of working mothers. 
It makes available upon request the services of 
specialists in these fields to assist in the planning 
and execution of local and State programs, particu¬ 
larly in crowded defense areas. 

For information, get in touch with (l) Mrs. 

Zilpha C. Franklin, Director of Information, or (2) 
Bertrand 3rown, Chief Information Officer. 


(i) 


Room 402 

601 Pennsylvania Ave., H.W, 
Washington, D. C. 


Republic 6530 
Ext. 2342 


( 2 ) 


Room 5360 

Social Security Building 
Washington, D. C. 


Republic 6530 
Ext. 2518 


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WAR HOUSING : Created by Executive Order in February 1942, 
when housing became a national problem because of ac¬ 
celerated defense activities, the National Housing 
Agency has a large part to play in the war’s prose¬ 
cution. In cooperation with the War Production 
Board, the War Manpower Commission and other Federal 
agencies, NHA determines the need of housing for war 
workers in areas where a shortage threatens to hamper 
war production, and devises ways of meeting that 
need. The \dm i n i strator is John B. Blandford, Jr. 

In addition to the Office of the Administrator, 
the National Housing Agency consists of the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Administration, the Federal Housing 
Administration, and the Federal Public Housing 
Authority. 

Housing is provided through this agency either 
by means of utilization of existing housing, new 
construction by private builders or by publicly- 
financed building. Seventy war housing centers, and 
also homes registration offices in more than 300 
areas, direct incoming war workers to available 
houses, apartments and rooms. 

For magazine mate-rial, editors and writers may 
consult Howard F. Vickery, Director of Information. 

Room 520 Executive 4160 

1001 Vermont Avenue Ext. 656 

Washington, D. C. 


WAR RELOCATION : One of the most recent of the wartime 

agencies, War Relocation Authority was created after 
Pearl Harbor to provide for the transfer from de¬ 
signated areas of persons whose removal was neces¬ 
sary in the interests of national security; and for 
their relocation, maintenance and supervision. 

Dillon S. Myer is Director. This agency also is re¬ 
sponsible for providing, where feasible and desirable 
useful employment for such persons in industry, 

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commerce, agriculture or public projects; and for 
safeguarding the public interest in the private em¬ 
ployment of such persons. Thus far, the major ac¬ 
tivity has been with the 100,000 persons of Japanese 
ancestry evacuated from military areas of the West 
Coast. For magazine materials, see John Baker, Chief 
of the Office of Reports. 

Room 528 Republic 7500 

Barr Building Ext. 72496 

910 17th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D. C. 


VAR LABOR BOARD : The function of the National War Labor 
Board is (l) to effect the speedy settlement of 
labor disputes and (2) to control proposed increases 
or decreases in wage rates and in most salary rates 
under$5,000. The Board is composed of four repre¬ 
sentatives of the public, four of labor and four of 
industry. Chairman is William H. Davis. 

Regional offices of the Board are located in 
twelve cities. For information consult Osgood 
Nichols, Director, Division of Public Information. 

Room 5419 Republic 7500 

Labor Department Building Fxt. 72042 

14th & Constitution Avenue 
Washington, D. C. 


ALTER PROPERTY : As during the last war, the Office of 
Alien Property Custodian was established as a pro¬ 
tective measure after the declaration of war. The 
Custodian’s duty is to prevent enemy alien-owned 
property in this country being used as an economic 
weapon against the United States. The Custodian is 
authorized to direct, manage, supervise, control, 
vest or take such other action as he may deem 


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necessary in the national interest, with respect to 
any such property and either hold, sell, liquidate, 
use, administer or otherwise deal with it for the 
benefit of the United States. Such property includes 
real estate, business enterprises, ships, patents, 
copyrights and trademarks, interests in estates, 
trusts, and personal property. 

J. Forbes Campbell is Director of Information 
for this Office. 

Room 603 District 8515 

National Press Building 
14th and F Streets 
Washington, D. C. 


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OTHER AGENCIES CONVERTED TO WAR 


In departments and agencies of the Federal 
government which have been familiar down the 
years lie many unwritten war stories. Cabinet 
chairs and independent agencies have converted 
to war and have taken on new war-time duties. 
Following is a brief resume of some of the fields 
they cover and a list of information sources. 


STATE DEPARTMENT : The major functions of the Department of 
State are to determine, under the direction of the 
President, the foreign policies and to conduct negoti¬ 
ations of whatever character relating to the foreign 
affairs of the United States. It has charge of the 
correspondence with diplomatic and consular represen¬ 
tatives of the United States and with representatives 
of foreign powers accredited to this Government. The 
Secretary of State is Cordell Hull. 

The Department of State’s wartime activities in¬ 
clude responsibility for all diplomatic phases of the 
war’s prosecution; maintenance of close relations with 
countries allied with the United States in the war; 
the strengthening of hemisphere solidarity; and the 
adoption of international economic measures which will 
aid this and other countries in defense against the 
Axis and in hindering Axis activities in neutral 
countries. Editors and writers may obtain information 
from Michael J. McDermott, Chief, Division of Current 
Information. 

Room I32i Republic 5600 

Department of State Ext. 24-21 

17th and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


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FINANCES : The Department of the Treasury has a number 
of different functions in addition to those con¬ 
cerned with marketing of government securities, 
collection of internal revenue taxes, coinage of 
money and the receiving, assaying and safeguarding 
of the Nation's gold and silver stocks. Henry 
Morgenthau Jr., is the Secretary of the Treasury. 

Following are briefs of those divisions of the 
Treasury which suggest magazine story material of 
wide current interest: 

The Bureau of Customs collects import duties 
and supervises exportations to other countries; and 
acts to prevent smuggling, including the smuggling 
of contraband such as narcotics. After the declara¬ 
tion of war, this Bureau was charged with additional 
duties. With other government agencies it acts to 
prevent exportation of strategic materials except 
under proper license and enforces prohibitions 
against trading with persons or firms on the "Pro¬ 
claimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals." 

Customs also searches vehicles, vessels and 
persons arriving from and departing to foreign 
countries, to make sure no letters or other com¬ 
munications are carried to or from the United States 
except through the regular course of the mails, and 
that documents carried contain nothing inimical to 
the interests of the United States. Miscellaneous 
duties related to the prevention of espionage and 
sabotage are also a part of this Bureau's functions. 

The War Savings Staff was organized within the 
Treasury Department to stimulate the sale of War 
Savings Bonds and Stamps. In this work, it secures 
the cooperation of the radio industry, the press, 
magazines, motion pictures, banks, advertising firms, 
business establishments, schools and colleges and 
many other groups. 

The Foreign Funds Control was set uo to pro¬ 
hibit transactions involving property in which 36 
designated foreign countries or their nationals have 
had any interest since April 1940. Under this 
authority, the^use and disposition of more than 


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$8,000,000,000 In property and funds held here by these 
countries is "frozen" for the duration, so that they 

cannot be used to aid the Axis. Another function of 
this division is to prevent liquidation in America of 
valuables looted by the Axis from invaded territories. 

The Procurement Division is the purchasing agent 
for the Government. |t negotiates the purchase of 
supplies and services for all government offices and 
public institutions. It procures, stores, maintains, 
and replenishes the stocks of critical war materials. 
Under lend-lease arrangements, it buys metals and 
alloys, heavy motorized equipment and other industrial 
and agricultural products for delivery to our allies. 

It procures clothing, medicines and other vital 
supplies for relief of refugees, distributing them 
through the Red Cross. It buys heating, plumbing, 
refrigeration and other household fixtures for Federal 
housing structures. 115 Federal Business Associations 
in the larger cities of the country function as agen¬ 
cies of the Procurement Division in its work, in order 
to effect economies and increase the efficiency of its 
transactions. 


Secret Service Division is in charge of activities 
to suppress counterfeiting of coins and notes of the 
Government. It also protects the President and his 
family and maintains a uniformed force to protect the 
White House and to safeguard the paper currency and 
other Government securities during the process of 
manufacture at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
and at the vaults of the money-handling divisions of 
the Treasury Department. 

For magazine material and information, get in 
touch with (l) Charles Schwarz, Director of Public 
Relations; (2) Robert B. Phillips, Jr., Chief of 
Magazine Publicity, War Savings Staff. 


(0 

Room 338 

Treasury Building 
151h and Pennsylvania Ave., 
Washington, D. C. 

( 2 ) 

709 Twelfth Street 
Washington, D. C. 


National 64-00 
Ext. 2040 

N. W. 


\ National 6400 
Ext. 5335 


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LITIGATIOlI AND LAV SUFORCSHSFT : The Department of Jus¬ 
tice is the legal counsel and chief law enforcement 
agency for the United States Government. It repre¬ 
sents the Government in all litigation; apprehends, 
prosecutes and punishes violators of Federal laws, 
and gives legal opinions to the President and heads 
of executive departments when so requested. Frances 
Biddle is the Attorney General. 

The war activities of the Department are vested 
principally in the War Division, the Criminal 
Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

The War Division is charged with the coordination 
of policy matter relating to the war program and 
consists of the War Frauds Unit (frauds against the 
government by war contractors); Special War Policies 
Unit (study and coordination of matters relating to 
sedition, foreign agents, enemy propaganda, etc.); 
Alien Enemy Control Unit (administration of regu¬ 
lations relating to alien enemies); and the Alien 
Property Unit (litigation arising from the work of 
the Alien Property Custodian). 

The Criminal Division conducts Grand Jury 
investigations and prosecutes violators of all 
Federal statutes, including those relating to the 
war. 


The Federal Bureau of Investigation examines 
all charges of offenses against the Government, 
conducts counter-espionage activities, makes arrests, 
maintains the world's largest fingerprint identifi¬ 
cation system, and renders advice on plant protec¬ 
tion problems. 

Other branches of the Department participating 
in the war program include the Antitrust Division 
(information on foreign corporations for the BEW); 
Lands Division (acquisition of lands and buildings), 
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(border patrol). 

M. E. Gil fond is Director of Public Relations. 

Room 5 119 Republic 8200 

Department of Justice Bldg. Ext. 24 

10th and Constitution Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


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POSTAL SERVICES : As in most departments of the Federal 
government, war has greatly increased the duties of 
the Post Office* Frank C. Walker is Postmaster 

General. 

Among the wartime responsibilities of this 
Department are: to prevent any use of the mails to 
interfere with the war program, particularly in vio¬ 
lation of the Espionage Act; to facilitate, In co¬ 
operation with the War Department, the handling of 
military mail in all emergencies arising in the con¬ 
duct of the war; and to maintain an accelerated 
domestic mail service to cope with the vastly increased 
use of the mails to supplement curtailed message¬ 
sending by telephone and telegraph. For editorial 
material, consult Isaac Gregg, Director of Press 
Relations. 


Room 3302 District 5360 

New Post Office Building Ext. 4-S4 

12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D- C. 


COtiSERVATIOX OF SATORAL RESOURCES : In peacetime, the many 
duties and charges of the Department of the Interior 
are classified under the broad heading of conservation 
of natural resources. In wartime, these duties are 
vastly increased because of the necessity for mobi¬ 
lizing resources for war. Harold L. Ickes is the 
Secretary of the Interior. 

Petroleum conservation, an important peacetime 
function of this Department, has become one of the 
most vital of all phases of the war's prosecution, 
under the new Petroleum Administration for War. 

(See Oil). 

The Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey 
have a primary responsibility in securing the all- 
important minerals and metals required for war. 


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The Bureau of Fisheries has extended its opera¬ 
tions, and the Office of Fishery Coordination is 
charged with assuring a sustained production of aquatic 
food supplies for civilian and military needs. 

The Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War is 
a major defense division under this Department’s 
direction also. National parks administration, another 
peacetime charge of this same Department, has now been 
enlarged to include supervision of parks for use by the 
Army and Navy as maneuver areas, approach roads, radio 
detection stations, the training of mountain troops, 
and rest camps for American soldiers and sailors and 
sailors of British ships which are undergoing repair 
in the United States. For all magazine information 

and materials, consult William E. Warne, Security 
Officer of the Department of the Interior. 


Room 7216 Republic 1820 

Interior Building Ext, 3171 

Eighteenth and C Streets, N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


COMMERCE : The Department of Commerce is the governmental 
agency which furthers the country’s trade, both 
domestic and foreign, covering the whole field of 
manufacturing and distribution. Jesse H. Jones is the 
Secretary of Commerce. 

Wartime activities of the Department of Commerce 
are highly important, involving many phases contri¬ 
buting to successful prosecution of the war. Among 
these are the investigation and analysis of civilian 
requirements, sources of supply, production capacity 
and substitutes; collection and dissemination of up- 
to-the-minute information on the rapidly changing trade 
relations between the United States and foreign 
countries; investigations in the fields of physics, 
chemistry, metallurgy and engineering for the various 
government war agencies; special weather forcasting 
service for the military; preparation of nautical and 


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aeronautical charts and mapping of strategic land and 
water areas: encouraging new inventions; operating the 
civilian pilot training program and supervising civil 
aviation. Magazine writers and editors can obtain 
editorial information from C. 6. Marshall, Chief, 
Division of Current Information. 

Room 3870 District 2200 

Department of Commerce Bldg. Ext. 2421 

14th and Constitution Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


LABOR : The Department of Labor is the working people’s 

representative in our Government. It has jurisdiction 
over all matters pertaining to promoting and develop¬ 
ing the welfare of American wage-earners, improving 
their working conditions and advancing their opportuni 
ties for profitable employment. The Secretary of 
Labor is Miss Frances Perkins. 

Wartime activities of this Department are 
conducted under two special committees: the Committee 
on Conservation of Manpower in Industry, which advises 
on accident and health exposures and what can be done 
to eliminate or control them; and the Labor Advisory 
Committee to the Women’s Bureau on Standards for the 
Employment of Women, which studies the role of the 
woman worker in the war program. 

Two important divisions of the Labor Department 
which are sources of material of particular interest 
to magazine editors and writers are the Women’s 
Bureau and the Children’s Bureau, described elsewhere 
in this Key. James V. Fitzgerald is Director of 
Information. 

Room 3124 Executive 2420 

Department of Labor Bldg. Ext. 24 

1 4th and Constitution Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


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RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE : The Reconstruction Finance Corpo¬ 
ration, which extends financial assistance to agri¬ 
culture, commerce and industry through loans to banks 
and other credit agencies, is now engaged almost ex¬ 
clusively in war activities. To aid in carrying on 
this work, the RFC has created six corporations: 

Defense Plan t Corporation constructs, equips and 
expands plants for the manufacture of needed war 
materials and equipment such as arms, ammunition, 
planes and tanks. 

Rubber Reserve Company buys materials for synthe¬ 
tic rubber and provides factories and facilities for 
its manufacture. 

Metals Reserve Company buys up strategic metals 
such as manganese and copper, and stimulates the 
mining of the needed metals. 

Defense Supplies Corporation buys strategic war 
materials and equipment, with the exception of rubber 
and metals. 

W ar Damage Corporation provides, through low-rats 
insurance, protection against loss of or damage to 
property, real and personal, which may result from 

enemy attack. 

Rubber Development Corporation has charge of the 
Government’s program for development and procurement 
of natural rubber, particularly in Latin America. 

For magazine materials, consult W. C. Costello, 
Spool a] Assistant to Board of Directors, RFC, or A. 

B. Merritt, Administrative Assistant. 

8!! Vermont Ave., N. W. Executive 3111 

Washington, D. C. Ext. 18 


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FEDERAL SECURITY : Under the Federal Security Agency are 
grouped a number of governmental agencies having re¬ 
sponsibility for the promotion of social and economic 

% 

security, educational opportunities and the health of 
the citizens of the Nation. The continuing programs 
of its constituent agencies, including the Public 
Health Service, the Office of Education and the Social 
Security Board, are being adapted and extended to meet 
the war emergency. 

The Federal Security Agency collaborates closely 
with the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services 
and the War Manpower Commission in the discharge of 
certain specific war responsibilities assigned to these 
two agencies. Magazine editors and writers may get in 
touch with (l) Mrs. Zilpha C. Franklin, Director of 
Information, or (2) Bertrand Brown, Chief information 
Officer. 


to 

Room 402 

60 1 Pennsy1 vania Ave., N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 

( 2 ) 

Room 5360 

Social Security Building 
Washington, D. C. 


Republic 6530 
Ext. 2342 


Republic 6530 
Ext. 2518 


FEDERAL WORKS : Public buildings, highways and various 

other public works and public services are under the 
jurisdiction of the Federal Works Administrator, Major 
General Philip B. Fleming. In wartime the Federal 
Works Agency has added responsibility. 

In many overcrowded areas in which population 
has multiplied almost overnight, local resources are 
inadequate to provide facilities and services made 
necessary by war activity. In such cases, FWA» 
through the operation of the Lanham Act, provides for 
the building of additional facilities such as schools, 
health centers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal 


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facilities, public sanitary facilities, and facilities 
for the treatment and purification of water. 

The Public Roads Administration of FWA is co¬ 
operating with Army Engineers in the building of the 
1,670 mile Alaska Highway; building bridges along and 
completing gaps in the Pan-American Highway; and 
building flight strips and hundreds of miles of access 
roads to military establishments, shipyards and other 
war installations. 

The Public Buildings Administration of FWA, 
includes in its activities a $12,500,000 program for 
the protection of Federal buildings against air raid 
hazards and sabotage, and the construction of 22 
residence halls for women war workers in the 
Washington area. 

Director of information for Federal Works Agency 
i s M. L. Ramsay. 

Room 6113 Republic 7337 

North Interior Building Ext. 45 i I 

18th and F Streets, N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


COMMUNICATIONS : The Federal Communications Commission is 
charged with the regulation and licensing of all forms 
of communication by electrical impluses: telephone, 
telegraph, cable, and all types of radio broadcasting 
--standard, point-to-point commercial, marine, aviation, 
police, forestry,emergency and amateur. James Lawrence 
Fly is Chairman of the Commission. 


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Since the present war is the first major conflict 
in which the ether waves have played a vital role, 

FCC T s responsibilities have been greatly increased to 
include many wartime emergency activities. These in¬ 
clude monitoring of all official broadcasts of 
foreign countries, enemy and allied, and analysis of 
the propaganda programs of the Axis countries where 
all radio is controlled and constantly used as a 
weapon of war. For magazine material, get in touch 
with Russell R. Clevenger, Chief of Information. 

Room 7234 Executive 3620 

New Post Office Building Ext. 361 

12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D. C. 


FAIR TRADE PRACTICES : The Federal Trade Commission pro¬ 
tects Americans 132,000,000 consumers against unfair 
and deceptive trade practices. It has jurisdiction 
over false advertising of drugs, food, cosmetics and 
devices; it prohibits false or deceptive represen¬ 
tations in labeling and in radio, newspaper and peri¬ 
odical advertising. It prohibits price-fixing agree¬ 
ments, boycotts, combinations in restraint of trade 
and other unfair methods of competition that would be 
at the expense of the public and government agencies. 
Chairman of the Commission is William A. Ayres. 

In these critical war days the Federal Trade 
Commission has many added responsibilities in safe¬ 
guarding the health and well-being of the American 
public. Many of its present activities are in special 
war fields, including investigational work for the 
Office of Price Administration, War Production Board, 
War and Navy Departments and Office of Economic 
Stabilization. In its continuous surveys of adver¬ 
tising, the Commission collaborates with the Director 
of Censorship and the Office of War Information. 

The Wool Products Labeling Act, which requires 
the truthful labeling of all woolen or part-woolen 
clothing, blankets and other essentials is 

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administered by the Commission as an important part 
of the war program. Trade practices rules have been 
promulgated by the Commission of the interests of 
fair competition and protection of the consumer in 
present emergency conditipns. Director of Public Re¬ 
lations is M. A. White. 

Room 496 Executive 6800 

Federal Trade Commission Bldg. Ext, 335-6 

6th and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W- 
Washington, D. C. 


CIVIL SERVICE : The United States Civil Service Commis¬ 
sion’s regulations provide a merit system whereby 
selections for appointment to government positions 
are made upon the basis of fitness without regard to 
religious or political considerations-except where 
the appointee is a member of a political party or or¬ 
ganization which advocates the overthrow of our form 
of government, in which case he is ineligible. 

Some of the duties of the Commission are: to pro¬ 
vide for open competitive examinations for testing 
applicants for the classified service and to furnish 
appointing officers the names of qualifying persons; 
to maintain employee service records; to conduct in¬ 
vestigations relative to the character and suitability 
of applicants; to establish training courses and pro¬ 
vide a system of competitive promotion for employees 
in classified service. 

For further information, writers and editors 
should get in touch with C. C. Hathaway, information 
Division. 

Civil Service Commission Bldg. Republic 5711 

7th and F Streets, N. W. Ext. 612 

Washington, D. C. 


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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION : This agency is responsible for 
award and administration of all benefits provided by 
law for veterans of all our wars, and for those who 
serve in peace time in Army, Navy, Marine Corps and 
Coast Guard. 

Through its 104 field stations throughout the 
United States and in Honolulu, T. H. and San Juan, 

P.R. , the Administration conducts examinations and 
provides for the care and treatment of hospitalized 
veterans; furnishes living quarters and care to dis¬ 
abled ex-servicemen and women incapable of self- 
support; provides laboratory, clinical and social 
services; provides recreational and library services; 
and maintains buildings, grounds and cemeteries that 
come under its jurisdiction. 

Writers and editors may consult Edward McE. 
Lewis, Chief of Press Relations, for information. 

Room 160 District 6 I 10 

Veterans Administration Bldg. Fxt. 470 

Vermont Avenue and I St., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


PLANNING TEE NATIONAL RESOURCES : In cooperation with 
Federal, State, regional, municipal and private 
agencies, the National Resources Planning Board pre¬ 
pares advisory reports and programs on the develop¬ 
ment, use and conservation of natural resources. 
Frederic A. Delano is Chairman. 

Its recent reports have fallen into the follow¬ 
ing categories: War and Post-War; Trends and Stabi¬ 
lization; Technical Studies; and Public Works Pro¬ 
grams. These reports constitute a vast store of val 
uable information, broad in scope and based on 
thorough research. 


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For access to this material write or see Lloyd George, 
Ed i tor. 

Room 7112 Executive 3300 

North Interior Building Ext. 316 

Eighteenth and F Streets 
Washington, D. C- 


THE HOME FROST : Chief government agency designated by 
Congress to study uses of food, clothing, and other 
family supplies and services is the Bureau of Human 
Nutrition and Home Economics in the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. Dr. Henry C. Sherman is Chief. 

For the duration, this Bureau is focusing its 
research on two main goals: First, to provide 
practical, tested information to help civilians. 

This means information that helps homemakers in 
saving, sharing and using available food supplies to 
build fitness and morale. And second, to obtain in¬ 
formation which agencies within and without the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture require in formulating poli¬ 
cies and carrying out programs which further our war 
ai ms. 


By printed bulletin, picture chart, radio broad¬ 
cast, and press release, a constant flow of authori¬ 
tative how-to-do-it information is moving out from the 
the Bureau’s Information Division to the homes of the 
nation. Editors and writers interested in this 
Bureau’s work should get in touch with Ruth Van Deman, 
Chief of the Information Division. 

Room 6056 Republic 4142 

South Building Ext. 2425 

Department of Agriculture 
14th & Independence Avenue, S. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


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PUBLIC HEALTH : The Public Health Service protects 

America's health, carrying on continuous research and 
activities directed toward the prevention and control 
of disease and the improvement of our national health 
and well being. Dr. Thomas Parran is Surgeon General. 

War has greatly increased PHS duties and ser¬ 
vices to the country. The National Institute of 
Health, research arm of PHS has rearranged its pro¬ 
gram to fit wartime demands. At present it is per¬ 
fecting typhus fever vaccines for the use of our 
armed forces, and another program is being conducted 
in the immunization of civilian defense workers 
against pneumonia, particularly in the steel and 
other heavy industries. The Division of Industrial 
Hygiene is cooperating with the War Department in 
surveying occupational hazards of work in government 
war plants. PHS is also establishing facilities for 
medical, dental and nursing care in the nation's so- 
called "hot spots" (areas suddenly overcrowded by in¬ 
coming war workers and presenting new health pro¬ 
tection problems.) 

PHS also sets the standards for the collection, 
drying and storage of humarv blood plasma, and in- 
pects and approves all laboratories engaged in this 
collection program. 

Venereal disease control activities of PHS have 
been greatly intensified. Medical officers from PHS 
are assigned to special duties in each of the nine 
Army service commands, to cooperate with Army medical 
officers on health problems arising in extra-military 
areas inter-related with the military camps. 

Officers and technical personnel also have been as¬ 
signed to the Office of Civilian Defense to develop 
and administer nationwide emergency medical services. 

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Interesting magazine material also is to be 
found in the lesser-known regular activities of PHS 
which include the operation of a hospital for the 
treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts and for 
the study of drug addiction; and a hospital for the 
care and treatment of persons having leprosy. 


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The Cancer institute is carrying on vital experimental 
work in this field and now provides radium, on loan, 
to any hospital requiring it for the treatment of 
patients. In addition, PHS studies and issues infor¬ 
mation on mental diseases and furnishes and super¬ 
vises medical and psychiatric services in Federal 
penal and correctional institutions, under the Depart¬ 
ment of Justice. Magazine editors and writers may 
get in touch with Dr. Parran. 

U. S. Public Health Service Oliver 4200 

Building T-6 Ext. 300 

Bethesda, Maryland 


CIVIL AERONAUTICS: Wartime activities of the Civil Aero¬ 
nautics Administration in the Department of Commerce 
are in five important fields: (l) training civilian 
pilots in colleges and universities to supplement the 
training facilities of the Army and Navy air arms; 

(2) operating, enlarging and improving the country f s 
airways to meet increased military demands; (3) de- 
veloping and improving public airports essential to 
defense and the prosecution of the war; (4) enforcing 
safety regulations including inspection and testing 
of noncombat military planes; and (5) supervising a 
nationwide education program in primary and secondary 
schools for the teaching of aviation subjects and (in 
high schools) pre-flight aeronautics. Charles I. 
Stanton is Administrator. For editorial material and 
information magazine editors and writers should get 
in touch with Fred Hamlin, Director of Information 
and Statistics. 

Room 5222 Executive 2460 

Department of Commerce Bldg. Ext. 1270 

14th and Constitution Avenue 
Washington, D. C. 


EDUCATION Ilf WARTIME: The government agency charged with 
general responsibility for the promotion of the cause 

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of education in the United States is the U. S. Office 
of Education in the Federal Security Agency. John W. 
Studebaker is Commissioner. 

Advising it in its wartime role is the U. S. 
Office of Education Wartime Commission, a group of 
key educators who make possible direct and workable 
wartime relations between Government agencies and 
educational institutions. 

Major Office of Education war programs include 
the High School Victory Corps, a national voluntary 
organization designed to offer secondary school stu¬ 
dents opportunity for more effective preparation for 
and participation in wartime services; the Vocational 
Training Program for War Production Workers, and the 
Engineering, Science, and Management War Training 
Program; and Extended School Services for the chil¬ 
dren of war workers. 

Those interested in the wartime work of the U. 

S. Office of Education may get in touch with W. D. 
Boutwell, Director of Information, Office of Educa¬ 
tion, Federal Security Agency. For the convenience 
of magazine editors and writers, Jay Deiss is in 
charge of magazine relations. 

Room 3004 Republic 1820 

Interior Building Ext. 3024 

Eighteenth and C Streets, N.W. 

Washington, D. C« 


CHILDREN IN VAR TIMS: The government agency charged with 
general responsibility for the health, welfare, and 
protection of children is the Children’s Bureau of 
the U. S. Department of Labor. Katharine F. Lenroot 
i s Ch i ef. 

The Children’s Bureau cooperates with Federal 
and State agencies and national organizations in 
safeguarding children under war conditions, and is 
concerned especially with care of children of working 
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affected by wartime conditions. 

Magazine editors and writers interested in the 
wartime work of the Childrens Bureau should get in 
tjuch with Laura Yitray, Director of Information. 

Room 7135 * Executive 2420 

Labor Department Building Branch 264 

14th and Constitution Ave«. ft. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


WOMEN WAGE BARKERS: The governmental agency charged with 
promoting the effective employment of wage-earning 
women and formulating standards and policies to safe¬ 
guard their welfare is the Women f s Bureau of the De¬ 
partment of Labor. Miss Mary Anderson is Director. 

Since the Women 1 s Bureau, in war as in peace, 
regularly investigates and compiles reports on occu¬ 
pations and conditions of employed women, a great 
amount of long-range and current information on women 
wage earners is available in this Bureau. It also 
maintains a file of clippings and photographs of 
women in war industries. Miss Mary V- Robinson is 
Director of Information. 

Rooms 1316, 1320 
Department of Labor Building 
14th and Constitution Ave. N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


Executive 2420 
Ext. 39 


OEMS OS: The Bureau of the Census, general fact-finding 
agency of the Government within the Department of 
Commerce, is serving an important function in war 
activities. The information on file in the Bureau, 
its facilities and personnel are being utilized in 
compiling data for practically every phase of plan¬ 
ning for total war and the marshalling of our human 
and economic resources. 


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Monthly, quarterly and annual surveys are made 
to keep critical information up to date. These sur¬ 
veys cover defense area populations; housing; agri¬ 
culture crops and livestock; manufacturing; retail 
and wholesale trade; imports and exports; state and 
local governments; and vital statistics related to 
war. 


Editors and writers may get in touch with Mr. 

A. W. von Struve, Acting Chief, Information and 
Publ ications. 

Bureau of the Census Trinidad 3000 

Room 1037 Ext. 401 

Suitland, Maryland 


RED CROSS : The American National Red Cross, a quasi¬ 
official agency, furnishes volunteer aid to the sick 
and wounded of armies in time of war, and serves as a 
medium of communication between the people of the 
United States and their armed forces. It also prov- 
vides a system of national and international relief to 
mitigate the suffering caused by pestilence, famine, 
fire, flood and other national calamities. In an 
agreement signed jointly by the Red Cross and the 
Office of Civilian Defense, the Red Cross is charged 
with providing food, clothing and temporary shelter 
during the period of emergency following any enemy 
act ion. 

Some 3,750 chapters and 6,000 branches of the 
Red Cross throughout the United States and its pos¬ 
sessions maintain a liaison between the man in camp 
and his family at home. All large Army cantonments 
have Red Cross headquarters buildings, and the Army 
has built 70 Red Cross Hospital recreation centers. 

Red Cross recreation facilities also have been set up 
in leave areas in England, Scotland, North Ireland, 
Australia, Iceland, North Africa and other places 
where American troops are stationed. Army and Navy 
nurses and Army medical technicians are also recruited 
through Red Cross. 


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Red Cross contributes much to Army morale by 
handling the personal problems of servicemen and 
through social service and recreational programs for 
the sick and convalescent in military hospitals. It 
also assists disabled veterans in obtaining benefits 
from the Government, aids in many ways during hospi¬ 
talization, and provides relief and service to their 
families, if needed, while claims are being adjudged. 


G. Stewart Brown i3 Director of Public Informa¬ 
tion Service in the National Headquarters in Washing 
ton; Katherine Lewis is Assistant Director. 


American National Red Cross 
17th Street BuiIding 


Republic 8300 
Ext. 261 


Washington, D. C. 

For magazine materials, get in touch with Eugene 
O'Connor, Chief of the Magazine Division, in New York. 


American National Red Cross 
300 Fourth Avenue 
New York, N. Y. 


Algonquin 4-8200 


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THE UNITED NATIONS 


On January I, 1942, twenty-six governments 
signed the Declaration of the United Nations, 
pledging full resources, military and economic, 
against the Axis and promising not to make a sep¬ 
arate armistice or peace. Five other nations 
later signed this pact. 

The United Nations are: The United States of 
America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North¬ 
ern Ireland, The Union of Soviet Socialist Re¬ 
publics, China, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, 
Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Repub¬ 
lic, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 
India, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New 
Zealand, Nicaraugua, Norway, Panama, The Philip¬ 
pines, Poland, El Salvador, South Africa, Yugo¬ 
slavia. 


New in this war has been another development 
of great worth to editors and writers. As normal 
news communications have become more and more dif¬ 
ficult, the governments of our allies have set up 
fact-disseminating agencies in this country. Ma¬ 
terial coming from these governmental agencies is, 
of course, official. In addition, private groups 
interested in the liberation of the occupied coun¬ 
tries have in some cases set up a more informal 
type of information distribution. 


The foil 
available to 
formation on 
and post-war 


owing section deals with sources 
magazine editors and writers for in¬ 
various phases of the war programs 
plans of the United Nations. 


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GENERAL SOURCES 


UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION : The United Nations Information 
Office, formerly the Inter-Allied Information Center, 
is the central source of information and photographs 
about the United Nations--except those in Latin Amer¬ 
ica. Queries concerning Latin American countries 
should not be addressed to U.N. 1.0., but to the Office 
of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Infor¬ 
mation on a single country should be requested from tfie 
information services of that country rather than from 
U.N. 1.0. 


The U.N.1.0. is an agency of the governments of 
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, 
Great Britain, Greece, India, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, 
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, 
Poland and South Africa; of the Danish Legation and 
the Fighting French Delegation, and of the government 
of the United States of America. It is under the 
direction of the United Nations Information Board, 
which consists of delegates from each of the fore¬ 
going countries. The office is headed by the Secre¬ 
tary-General of the U.N. 1.6., Dr. W. B. Mumford. 

The United Nations Information Office is just 
what the name implies. It serves as a central clear¬ 
ing house for news and background facts about the 
United Nat ions—col 1ectively and individually—and 
aids the national information services (described be¬ 
low) in coordinating their activities. 

The staff of U.N.I- 0. T s Press Office, Reference 
Section and Library will assist editors and writers in 
covering almost any subject bearing on the United 
Nations. It will not only obtain factual background 
and news material but can also suggest leads for pos¬ 
sible development, and upon request, obtain interviews 

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and human interest stories concerning individuals. 

The U.N.1.0. Reference Library contains a col¬ 
lection of approximately 650 volumes dealing chiefly 
with members of the United Nations groups, excepting 
Latin American countries. 

Three hundred and twenty-five current periodicals, 
bulletins, releases, reports and cables are being re¬ 
ceived regularly every month. They include official 
and semi-official organs of United Nations governments 
in London and their information services in the United 
States, also a number of other periodicals carrying 
regular features and articles on subjects of interest 
to the United Nations. 

All of this current material is indexed on cards. 
Additions are being made at the rate of 50 a day. 

Supplementing the data contained in the periodical 
publications is a vertical file consisting of about 
I 100 folders. 

The staff of the Reference Library is prepared 
to answer queries dealing with the United Nations as 
a whole —covering such subjects as their war effort, 
their war and peace aims, conditions in occupied ter¬ 
ritories—also the stated policies and developments 
among the United Nations collectively with regard to 
education, fifth columns, food, labor, living condi¬ 
tions, women in the war, youth in the war, etc. 

In the U.N.1.0. Photo Section are more than 5000 
pictures on a wide variety of United Nations subjects. 

Magazine editors and writers who wish to use any 
of the above facilities should address inquiries to 
Mr. Robert Carley or Mr. Michael de Capite of the 
U.N. 1.0. Press Office, or to Mr. James Orrick of the 
Reference Section. 

610 Fifth Avenue Circle 5-8060 

New York, New York 


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INTER-AMERICAS INFORMATION : The overall agency for handling 
Inter-American information is the Office of the Co¬ 
ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, described earlier. 
(See Index). The American Republics which have joined 
the United Nations are: Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaraugua, Panama, El Salvador, and the United States. 
Those which have not joined the United Nations are 
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, 
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. However, most of these 
have severed diplomatic relations with the Axis. 

For information see Frances A. Jamieson or Miss 
Martha Dal rymple. 

Commerce Building Republic 7500 

14-th and Constitution Ave., N.W. Ext. 5321 

Washington, D. C. 



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INFORMATION OFFICES OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONS 


Individual information offices which have 
anti-Axis material to offer magazine editors and 
writers are listed alphabetically below. Most of 
these have subscribed to the United Nations pact 
and are our official allies. There are, however, 
a few exceptions which may be ascertained by 
checking with the official United Nations list 
given in the introduction to this section. 


AUSTRALIA : American adventures in Australia, Australian 
adventures in Africa, have been dramatic accents 
pointing up the global nature of this war. Informa¬ 
tion on Australia is made accessible in this country 
through the Australian News and Information Bureau, 
agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Aus¬ 
tralia. This Bureau will undertake without charge re¬ 
search Into specific subjects associated with Austral¬ 
ia, for writers, editors, and educators. It will also 
assist editors to make contact with competent writers 
on Australia, both in this country and in Australia. 

A large file of glossy prints is maintained. 
Publications of interest to writers include a Hand ¬ 
book on Australia ; a monthly bulletin available to 
writers and editors; a daily transcript of short-wave 
news from the Australian Broadcasting Commission; a 
twice-monthly clip-sheet; background fact bulletins; 
booklets; and folders. A small reference library is 
available to writers and researchers. Consult David 
W. Bailey, Director. 

6|0 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-8094 

New York, N.Y. 


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BELGIUM : Resistance within occupied Belgium, active war¬ 
fare by the Belgium armed forces organized in 
England and the Belgian Congo, constitute a continu¬ 
ing heroic war chapter which is told by The Belgian 
Information Center. News from Belgium , eight pages 
of text and four of pictures, is published weekly 
and is available to editors and writers. Pamphlets 
on Belgian subjects in French, Spanish, Dutch and 
Portuguese also are available. English publications 
include: The Belgian Congo at War ; We Suffer in a 
Thousand Ways— letters from occupied Belgium; We 
the People —a survey of the fighting spirit of the 
Belgians; and Belgium 1 s Fighting Forces . Publica¬ 
tions not distributed free, but those on which dis¬ 
counts are given to accredited persons are: The 
Belgian Gray Book ; A New Code for Mayors ; Belgium 
Unvanquished ; and Flemish Primitives . Dr. Jan-Albert 
Goris is Commissioner of Information. 

630 Fifth Avenue Circle 6-2450 

New York, N.Y. 

The Belgian Press Association in New York pub¬ 
lishes a monthly magazine, Belqium. Rene Hi siaire 
is editor. 

6 East Forty-fifth Street Murray Hill 2-8083 

New York, N.Y. 


BRUISE IE FORM Allot : The British Information Services, 

New York and Washington, have available information 
on the British at war, and other aspects of British 
life, for the use of United States Government de¬ 
partments, the radio, press, and the general public. 
Official British publications are available from the 
Librarian in New York or Washington. A Film Officer, 
from whom British documentary films may be obtained, 
is attached to each office. British war photographs, 


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posters and exhibition material may also be seen on 
request. Aubrey N. Morgan is Director of Information 
in New York, Jack Winocour in Washington. 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Circle 6-5100 

New York, N.Y. 

1336 New York Avenue, N.W. Executive 8525 

Washington, D. C. 


CAM ADA : The Wartime Information Board of Canada, with 

offices in Washington and New York, is the coordinat¬ 
ing authority recently appointed by the Canadian Gov¬ 
ernment to deal with the dissemination of news on 
matters of interest to the United Nations so far as 
the mutual war effort, is concerned. It makes no gen¬ 
eral news releases but maintains a complete Informa¬ 
tion service on Canada, which is given to the press, 
the magazines, the radio field or to the general pub¬ 
lic upon request. Its work is closely allied to that 
of the Office of War Information through a Canadian 
Representative in OWI, Dana Doton. 

The Washington; off ice of the Wartime Information 
Board of Canada is staffed by J. H. Campbell, J. A. 
Oastler and A. R. Sykes, all Canadian newspaper men. 

The New York office is staffed by Harry 
Sedgwick, Canadian Radio Expert, and Leo Casey, 

U. S. Advisor. 

1205 15th Street, N. W. Decatur 1011 

Washington, D. C. 

620 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-7630 

New York, N. Y. 


CHINA : That modern marvel, the short-wave radio, makes it 
possible for far-away free China to keep the rest of 
the world fully informed on all war news developments, 
in contrast to nearer nations under the Axis occupa¬ 
tion, who must get word out by "the underground*" 


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The Chinese News Service, which has its head¬ 
quarters in New York and branch offices in Chicago 
and San Francisco, is the official news and informa¬ 
tion office in the United States for the Chinese Gov¬ 
ernment. Its staff, predominantly Chinese, includes 
men trained in journalism, economics, and political 
science. It serves as the news disseminating agency 
here for the Ministry of Information in China, and 
also gathers and prepares original material which will 
help to place the facts concerning China’s role in the 
war before the American public. Dr. C. L. Hsia, a 
member of China’s Legislative Yuan and advisor to the 
Ministries of Information and Foreign Affairs, is 
Di rector. 

A daily news release, Voice of China , compiled 
in Chungking, is sent to this country by short-wave 
radio and picked up by the Chinese Government official 
listening post in California. Material sent this way 
also makes a monthly magazine, China at War . A fort¬ 
nightly bulletin, Contemporary China presents Chinese 
viewpoints on current topics. Brief special features 
are prepared each week for special writers and lec¬ 
turers. Send for Catalog of Literature and Services* 
For magazine material consult Miss Jean Lyon, press 
representative. 

Rockefeller Center 

1250 Sixth Avenue Circle 6-5225-6-7 

New York, N. Y. 

201 North Wells Street State 7713 

Chicago, 111. 

681 Market Street Exbrook 3255 

San Francisco, Cal. 


CZECHOSLO VAKI A : The heroic story of Czechoslovakia’s re¬ 
sistance to Nazi terrorism is made accessible and 
authoritative by governmental information services in 
New York and Washington. These services, for instance, 
were able to give in a remarkably short time complete 


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details on the history and life of the village of 
Lidice when It was suddenly wiped from the map in re¬ 
prisal for the murder of Heydrlch. 

There are four information sources on Czechoslo¬ 
vakia which will supply material to writers and editors, 
in most cases free of charge. Two of these have on 
their lists 60 available publications in English; 4 in 
Spanish; and 24 in Czechoslovakian. These are: the 
Czechoslovak Information Service in New York, (consult 
Milos Safranek); and the Czechoslovak National Council 
of America in Chicago, which also publishes weekly 
News Flashes from Czechoslovakia. (Consult Joseph 
Martinel.) 

A third information source is The American Friends 
of Czechoslovakia, which publishes News from 
Czechoslovakia. (Consult Brackett Lewis.) 

Czechoslovak Information Service 

1790 Broadway Columbus 5-1914 

New York, N. Y. 

Czechoslovak National Council of America 

4049 West 26th Street Rockwell 0447 

Chicago, 111. 

The American Friends of Czechoslovakia 
8 West 40th Street Lackawanna 4-1476 

New York, N.Y. 

The Czechoslovak Legation representing the Gov¬ 
ernment in exile in London has a press officer in 
Washington, Dr. Vladimir Pal Ic. First Secretary of the 
Legation, who will also give information to writers 
and editors. 

2349 Massachusetts Avenue North 3300 

Washington, D. C. 


DEVMARK: Information on Denmark is offered by the National 

America Denmark Association Information Service, a 
press and magazine service sponsored by the Friends of 
Denmark, Inc. 


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Publications include a weekly Danish-1anguaqe 
news letter and a fortnightly Danish Listening Post 
which is a brief review of trends and events in Den¬ 
mark. Both are distributed free. Inquiries from in¬ 
dividual writers and editors will also be answered by 
this office, which is in charge of C. H. W. 

Hasselriis, Directorof Research and Information. 

National America Denmark Association 
Information Service 

116 Broad Street Bowling Green 9-1435 

New York, N. Y. 

The Danish Legation in Washington will also as¬ 
sist writers and editors in obtaining editorial ma¬ 
terials. In charge of press matters there is Povl 
Bang-Jensen. 

Danish Legation 

2343 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Dupont 3283 

Washington, D. C. 


FRANCE : The Free French Press and Information Service has 
in its files copies of all legislative acts, decrees, 
speeches, manifestos and other official documents of 
the French National Committee in London covering the 
last two and a half years; records of the activities 
of the Fighting French Forces in all theaters of oper¬ 
ation; background material and documents relating to 
Free French Overseas Possessions; documentary evidence 
of the resistance movement in occupied France. It has 
available photographs illustrating activities of 
Fighting French Forces and the Overseas Territories. 

It issues news releases in English and a fortnightly 
magazine, Free France , which is a record of Free 
French activities and of resistance inside France. In 
addition, there is available for distribution a book¬ 
let entitled Fighting France , which answers in concise 
form all the questions about Fighting France that are 
most frequently asked. The head of the Free French 







Press and Information Service in New York is Mr. 

Robert Yaleur. 

626 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-2364 

New York, N. Y, 

The Chief of the Press Section of the Fighting 
French Delegation in Washington is Mr. Jean Baube, 
who will answer general inquiries, while referring 
more elaborate queries to the Free French Press and 
Information Service in New York. 

I 420 16th Street, N.W. Adams 0990 

Washington, D. C. 

France Forever is an American organization of 
13,000 members, both French and American, with head¬ 
quarters in New York and about 30 Chapters located in 
various parts of the United States (a list of these, 
with their addresses, may be obtained from the New 
York office). France Forever is also the title of 
the quarterly bulletin of this organization. Book¬ 
lets in a series entitled Documents are issued from 
time to time. Three of these have appeared to date. 
The second, dealing with Free French Africa, is of 
particular interest. France Forever and its Chapters 
throughout the United States are in a position to 
provide certain information on the Fighting French 
movement and will direct inquiries to the proper 
source if further material is needed. 

587 Fifth Avenue Eldorado 5-4051 

New York, N. Y. 


GREECE: The people of the United States, who once 
applauded every blow the fighting Greeks struck 
against the /\xis, now give sympathetic ear to the 
Greek story of suffering and starvation under Axis 
occupation as our military forces help plan the day 
of de1iverance. 

Authoritative information regarding Greece, with 
particular emphasis on conditions in Greece and 
Greek participation in the Allied war program, is 


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available to writers and editors through the Greek 
Office of Information, with headquarters in New York 
and Washington. Wnile no regular news letter is at 
present published, press releases are issued from time 
to time as material comes which is of interest to the 
American public. Available at all times are addresses 
by Greek leaders, and backgrouno material dealing with 
particular aspects of the situation in Greece, such as 
Axis atrocities, guerrilla resistance, student activi¬ 
ties, and the underground press. Address George 
Maniotis, Director, in charge of both offices. 

2100 Massachusetts Avenue Adams 7521 

Washington, D. C. 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-5607 

New York, N. Y. 

The National Committee for the Restoration of 
Greece , a group of Americans of Greek descent, publish¬ 
es a mimeographed weekly bulletin, Hews from Greece , 
which is distributed free of charge. Information on 
conditions in occupied Grrece may be obtained by 
gettingin touch with the Executive Secretary, Dr. N. 

G. Marvis. 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-0309 

Hew York, N. Y. 

The Vnerican Friends of Greece , established origi¬ 
nally in 1923, and composed of Americans of Greek de¬ 
scent, now devote most of their efforts to securing 
relief for Axis occupied and starved Greece. They 
issue a printed monthly bulletin The Phi1 he 1 lene , which 
is sent free of charge to members and public service 
institutions, such as libraries, etc. They also have 
various pamphlets for sale, such as: Greece, 1821-1941 , 
$1; Greece Fights , $1. 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-8594 

New York, N. Y. 


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IJDIA: Interest in India has increased tremendously as a 
result of this war. India has sent her first diplo¬ 
matic representative to the United States. The United 
States has sent her first diplomatic representative to 
India. Indians are fighting our battles and we have 
flyers and paratroops in India. 

Jossleyn Hennessy, Information Officer with the 
Agent General for India, issues press releases, photo¬ 
graphs and films dealing with all aspects of India’s 
war activities; answers special inquiries and gathers 
materials for feature writers; maintains a large stock 
of photographs and reference material; arranges free 
distribution in the United States of Indian Information , 
a profusely illustrated fortnightly reference record 
covering the main activities of the Government of 
India, published in India. 

2633 Sixteenth Street, N. W. Columbia 2467 

Washington, D. C- 


LUXEMBOURG : Though a small country, the Grand Duchy of 
Luxembourg has several hundred soldiers serving with 
British and Belgian forces and more than a thousand 
with the Fighting French. 

The Luxembourg Government has a Commissioner of 
Information in New York, Andre Wolff, to whom magazine 
editors and writers may apply for any information on 
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Insofar as it is a- 
vailable, the Luxembourg Grey Book, treating of 
Luxembourg and the German invasion, is sent free on 
request to magazine editors and writers. 

i 

441 Lexington Avenue Murray Hill 3-5883 

New York, N. Y. 

The Luxembourg Government also issues a monthly 
publication, Luxembourg Bulletin which is sent free 
upon request, and which is published by the Press 


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Section of the Luxembourg Government in Montreal, 
Canada. 

809 Sun Life Building 
Montreal, Canada 


THE NETHERLANDS : Occupied Holland, Queen WiJ helmina f s gov¬ 
ernment in London, the Netherlands East Indies and 
Netherlands West Indies are brought close to this 
country through the Netherlands Information Bureau. 

The Bureau T s fortnightly publication, Netherlands 
News, possesses that boon to editors and writers, the 
cumulative index. In addition to its news contents, 
this publication carries in each issue a feature ar¬ 
ticle on a current Dutch subject of special interest 
to the rest of the world. A summarizing publication 
is also issued, the Netherlands News Digest . Editor 
of both is Joseph W. F. Stoppleman, whose Press Depart¬ 
ment will supply information on current Dutch topics 
or arrange interviews with Netherl anders. 

A collection of about |2,000 photographs is main¬ 
tained by the Photo and Film Department headed by 
Dr. Leonard de Greve. A reading room is provided for 
researchers who seek out the reference collection of 
more than 7000 volumes covering all aspects of the 
Netherlands and its overseas territories. Dr. Barthol¬ 
omew Landheer is in charge. Available also is an ex¬ 
tensive clipping and current news file, properly in¬ 
dexed. About twenty-five current publications of the 
Bureau often are made available without charge to writ¬ 
ers on the subjects covered. 

Divisional offices are maintained in Holland, 
Michigan, at the Netherlands Museum, and in San Fran¬ 
cisco at 900 Mills Building, 220 Montgomery Street. 

The Director is Dr. N. A. C- Slotemaker de Bruine 
and the Assistant Director is Mr. J. H. Huizinga. 

j 

Room HI9 Columbus 5-6217 

10 Rockefeller Piaza 
New York, N. Y. 


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The Netherlands Embassy in Washington refers all 
large research tasks to the Netherlands Information 
Bureau. However, preliminary questions from editors 
and writers are promptly answered by the Embassy. 

Dr. H. R. Van Houten is Counselor of Embassy. 

1740 Euclid Street Columbia 1630 

Washington, D. C. " 1631 


NEW ZEALAND : Main base in that great sea-and-isi and area 
which we call the South Pacific Command, New Zealand 
is headquarters for the Battle of the Solomon Islands. 
Naturally, the United States wants to know about New 
Zeal and. 

The New Zealand Government does not maintain an 
Information or News Bureau in the United States, but 
there is a Director of Information on the Ministers 
staff, directly responsible for magazine, press, radio, 
and newsreel material. Press releases, posters, news 
photos and pamphlets make vivid the role of New 
Zealand’s fighting men in the campaigns of Greece, 
Crete, Libya, and Egypt. Available to editors and 
writers are a 48-page booklet Meet New Zealand; a 4- 
page leaflet New Zealand and the War; a mimeographed 
release, New Zealand Women , speeches and special ar¬ 
ticle material. No regular news letter is issued. 

Photo and news releases are issued when, as, and if 
they are received from the Middle East. Nevertheless, 
New Zealand does a masterly job of introducing the 
citizens of America to its advanced Social Security 
laws, its coinage, its 90,000 Maoris, and its Irish, 
Welsh, Scottish and English stock. Roger Hawthorne is 
Director of Information. 

New Zealand Legation Columbia 1721 

27 Observatory Circle, N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


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NORWAY: Because of the numbers of Norwegians, bearing 
Norwegian news, who have escaped to England, the 
North Sea has become known as "The King’s Highway." 

This route is one of the things which has made 
possible The Royal Norwegian Information Service, 
which exists for the purpose of disseminating infor¬ 
mation about occupied Norway and Norway’s fighting 
forces through magazines, press, radio, and its own 
publications. Information about Norway is obtained 
through Royal Norwegian Government agencies in London 
and Stockholm which are served by a wel1-developed un¬ 
derground news gathering organization in Norway. In¬ 
formation outside Norway centers on such subjects as 
the Norwegian merchant marine; the Royal Norwegian 
Army, Air Force, and Navy; the activities of King 
Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and the Royal Norwegian 
Government in London; and the activities of the Royal 
Norwegian Embassy in Washington. 

Available to editors and to writers of both fact 
and fiction are files of information on specific sub¬ 
jects; photographs of pre-war Norway, of the invasion, 
and of events since; and a half dozen special war pub¬ 
lications-- (l) N orway , invasion and first year of oc¬ 
cupation, (2) Norway Fights , all phases of Norwegian 
war effort, (3y ~Norway’s Teachers Stand Firm, the 
brave saga of educator-opposition to Nazism, (4) Nor¬ 
way’ s Role in the New Order , on the German occupation; 
(5) Labor vs Nazism in Norway ; (6) Norway’s Fighting 
Church. 

Stories of heroism spring full-fledged from the 
weekly publication, News of Norway , edited by Trygve 
M. Ager. A similar, somewhat more comprehensive 
weekly review is published in Norwegian, edited by 
Tor Myklebost. Director of the Norwegian Information 
Service is Hans Olav, counsellor of the Norwegian Em¬ 
bassy. At the New York branch of this Service get in 
touch with Torolv Kandahl. 

2720 Thirty-Foucth Street Ordway 1000 

Washington, D. C- 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-7124 

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The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission has files 
on the Norwegian Navy and Merchant Marine, the Nor¬ 
wegian war program generally, conditions inside oc¬ 
cupied Norway and post-war reconstruction from a Nor¬ 
wegian point of view* While most of this material is 
in Norwegian, the Mission will prepare dossiers in 
English in reply to specific requests. There is also 
available a file of clippings arranged by subject mat¬ 
ter. The Director of Shipping and Curator is Mr. 

(Hvind Lorentzen. Inquiries should be addressed to 
Mr. Hans K. Skou, the Public Relations Officer. 

80 Broad Street Hanover 2-6700 

New York, N. Y. 


THE PHILIPPINES : The saga of brotherhood and bravery writ¬ 
ten by Americans and Filipinos during the occupation 
of the Philippines by Japan is a living theme of fact 
and fiction. The Office of Special Services of the 
Commonwealth of the Philippines provides writers with 
historical fact, current information, and cultural 
background material on the Philippines. This Office 
maintains the Philippine Library of Information, con¬ 
sisting of books, pamphlets, and reports, open to the 
public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Office prepares news 
releases and feature stories; and issues copies of the 
speeches and statements of President Manuel L. Quezon. 

A file of pictures, now being catalogued, is available. 
Editors and writers may consult David Bernstein, Di¬ 
rector of the Office of Special Services. 

1617 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Hobart 1400 

Washington, D. C. 


POLAND: First country to fall victim to modern mechanized 
warfare, Poland has been among the worst sufferers. 

Yet its people have stood firm even in the face of mass 
murders and have never formed a quisling government. 


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The Polish information Center, which has been in 
existence for more than two years, has announced as 
its guiding principle: the dissemination of unbiased 
and truthful news and information on Poland’s past 
history, culture, present struggle for independence 
on all the far-flung battle fronts, her home front, 
and her post-war reconstruction problems,, 

Its weekly publication, The Polish Review, is 
free to magazine editors and writers- A monthly pub¬ 
lication, J_ew_J_ur£pe, deals with post-war problems. 
Polish, French, Jewish, Spanish and Portuguese news 
bulletins serve the foreign language press. 

Inquiries are answered by an Archives and General 
Information department . Photographic material is 
prepared fortnightly in mat form. Posters and ex¬ 
hibits, radio material and films are available. 

Press Department, Roman Moczulski; Radio and Film 
Department, Tadeusz Strzetelski; Archives and General 
Information, Jan Dembinski; Photos and Exhibits, 

Jan Walczak; The Polish Review, editor, Stanislaw 
Centkiewicz. 

151 East 67th Street Rhinelander 4-2506 

New York, N. Y. Regent 4-4520 


SOUTH AFRICA : General material on the Union of South 
Africa and its war activities is obtainable at the 
Washington office of the Legation. This office does 
not, at present, issue news-letters or publications, 
but special information is furnished in response to 
individual requests. 

Public Relations Officer is H. M. Moolman, 
Legation of the Union of South Africa. 

3101 Massachusetts Avenue Republic 7860 

Washington, D. C. 


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SOVIET UNION : The Information Bulletin of the Embassy of 
the USSR is issued three times weekly. Material from 
it may be quoted or reproduced without special per- 
mission. 

The Bulletin features regular reviews of Soviet 
military operations; texts of official statements and 
documents; developments in industry, agriculture, 
science, education and cultural fields; accounts of 
the heroism of the Rea Army, guerrilla fighters and 
civilians in the present war against Hitlerite 
Germany, and reports on the war and other subjects by 
leading Soviet authors and journalists. 

Requests for the Bulletin should be addressed to 
The Information Bulletin , Embassy of the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics. 

1125 16th Street, N. W. National 7750 

Washington, D. C. 


Yugoslavia: Reports on conditions in Serbia are made by 
the Royal Yugoslav Embassy. Available also there are 
two printed documentary reports on Yugoslavia at War. 
Dr, Bozidar Sarich is Secretary of the Embassy. 

1520 16th Street N.W. Hobart 3492 

Washington, D.C. 


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COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS 


In order to plan moat effectively for global 
war, a number of joint boards and agencies composed 
of representatives of various United Nations, have 
been established. 

These may perhaps prove to be the beginnings of 
a new era in world cooperation after the war. 


COMBINED BOARDS: (other than Inters American Defense) Best 
use of the resources of the United Nations is made 
possible through several combined boards, with mem¬ 
bership from both the United States and Great Britain, 
the United States and Mexico, or the United States and 
Canada. Among these boards are: Joint Economics 
Committees—United States and Canada; Joint War Pro¬ 
duction Committee—United States and Canada; Materi¬ 
als Coordinating Committee United States and Canada; 
Permanent Joint Board on Defense—United States and 
Canada; Combined Chiefs of Staff—United States and 
Great Britain; Combined Food Board—United States and 
United Kingdom; Combined Production and Resources 
Board—United States, Great Britain and Canada; Com¬ 
bined Raw Materials Board—Un ited States and Great 
Britain; Combined Shipping Adjustment Board—United 
States and Great Britain; Munitions Assignment Board- 
United States and Great Britain; the Joint Mexican- 
United States Defense Commission; and the Joint Bra¬ 
zil-United States Defense Commission. For Informa¬ 
tion on the combined boards consult Wilder Foote, In¬ 
formation Chief, Combined Boards, OWI News Bureau. 

Room 3540 Republic 7500 

Social Security Building Ext. 743 12 

Washington, D.C. 


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INTER AMERICAN DEFENSE: As contrasted with the Office of 
the Coordinator of Inter-Amer ican Affairs (which is a 
United States Government office concerned with promo¬ 
tion of cultural and economic unity among the Ameri¬ 
cas), the Inter-American Defense Board is an i n t e rn a- 
tional body composed of Army, Navy, and air officers 
named by the twenty-one American Republics. It is 
concerned with the study and recommendation of meas¬ 
ures necessary for the defense of all people of the 
Americas against any type of aggression, whether 
through air, naval, or land attack, or through com¬ 
munications and the press. 

Formation of the Board was recommended at the 
Rio de Janeiro Conference in January, 1942. The 
Board meets in plenary sessions twice monthly in Wash 
ington, and in frequent committee meetings. Proceed¬ 
ings are confidential. 

Press and Public Relations are under the Chief 
of the Liaison Branch of the Secretariat. For maga¬ 
zine material write or see Major E.H. Chapman, infor¬ 
mation Officer. 

Room 1244 Republic 7500 

Federal Reserve Building Ext. 72872 

20th and Constitution Ave. 

Washington, D.C. 


FOREIGN REHABILITATION AND RELIEF: Newest of the Govern¬ 
ment’ s emergency war agencies is the Office of Foreign 
Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, within the De¬ 
partment of State. Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor 
of New York, is Director. 

This Office is charged with the enormous task of 
advancing behind the United Nations’ armed forces as 
the Axis-dominated countries are liberated, and sup¬ 
plying the peoples of these areas with food, clothing, 
medical supplies and other essentials for building a 
new social and economic life within their devastated 
countries. 


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At present the Office, in collaboration with the 
Army, Navy, State Department, Treasury Department, 
Office of Lend-Lease Administration, U.S. Public 
Health Service, Board of Economic Warfare, War Ship¬ 
ping Administration and inter-allied committees, is 
making plans for the relief and rehabilitation of 
some 500,000,000 people who, according to current es¬ 
timates, will need aid by the end of the war. 

Chief of the Division of Public Information in 
this Office is Thomas F. Reynolds. 

Room 357 Republic 5600 

Walker-Johnson Building Ext. 2522 

1734 New York Ave. 

Washington, D. C. 


POST-VAR PLANNING: The Post-War Planning Activities of 
the Federal Government are summarized in a 36-page 
pamphlet available through Mrs. Dorothy Johnstone, 
Division of Public Inquiries, 0WI - 

Room |0| I Republic 7500 

Temporary V Building Ext. 6552 

1400 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 


A 12-page bibliography on Post-War Planning 
listing government anct non-government references on 
Agriculture, Business, Demobilization, Economics, 
Education, Employment, Housing and Town Planning, 
Public Works, Transportation, and miscellaneous sub¬ 
jects is available to editors and writers from the 
Magazine Division, 0WI. (See Index). 


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INDEX 
TO 

WARTIME WASHINGTON 

Agriculture, Department of.. 16, 38 

Agricultural Research Administration, Food Produc¬ 
tion and Food Distribution Administrations, Office 

\ of Agricultural War Relations.16 

Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics ... 38 

Alien Property Custodian, Office of . 23 

American National Red Cross ... . ^3 

Army — See War Department 

Board of Economic Warfare .. 13 

Board of War Communications.20 

Censorship, Office of . 13 

Census, Bureau of the.**2 

Children’s Bureau, Labor Department . . ^1 

Civil Aeronautics Administration. W 

Civil Service Commission.36 

Civilian Defense, Office of . ..... 20 

Coast Guard — See Navy 

Commerce, Department of ... ..30 

Census Bureau. 42 

Civil Aeronautics Administration ... . . 

Commodity Credit Corporation . ... I? 

Communications — See War Communications 

Congress. 3 

House of Representatives.3 

Library of Congress. ^ 

Senate. 3 

Defense Health and Welfare Services, Office of. . . 21, 33 

Defense Plant Corporation ... . 32 

Defense Supplies Corporation. 32 

Defense Transportation. Office of . 19 

Economic Stabilization, Office of ... . . 13 

Economic Warfare, Board of. 13 

Education, U. S. Office of. .......... 33, 40, 41 

Federal Bureau of Investigation . 28 

Federal Communications Commission . ... 34 

Federal Housing Administration.22 

Federal Public Housing Authority. ........... 22 

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Page 


Federal Security Agency...33 

Education, U. S. Office of. . ...33, 41 

Public Health Service ............. 33, 39 

Social Security Board.... . 33 

Federal Trade Commission . 35 

Federal Works Agency.. . 33 

Public Building Administration. . .. .34 

Public Roads Administration. 34 

Food Distribution Administration . • 

Food Production Administration ^ 

Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Office of. 

o 

House of Representatives.. 

Housing — See National Housing Agency 

OQ 

Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Bureau of. ..... ° 
Inter-American Affairs, Office of the Coordinator of |2, 48 

Interior, Department of the. •• . ....... 29 

Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War.30 

Petroleum Administration for War. 18, 29 

Justice, Department of. ..28 

Federal Bureau of Investigation . 28 

Labor, Department of.31 

Children's Bureau . .41 

Women’s Bureau. 42 

Lend-Lease Administration, Office of . 15 

Library of Congress. ... . 4 

Manpower — See War Manpower Commission 
Marines — See Navy Department 

Maritime Commission...9, 10 

Merchant Marine — See War Shipping Administration 

Metals Reserve Company . ......... 32 

National Housing Agency. 22 

Federal Housing Administration, Federal Public 
Housing Authority 

National Resources Planning Board. .... . 37 

National War Labor Board ..23 

Navy Department.7, 8,9 

Coast Guard, Marines, Nurses, SPARS, WAVES 
Oil — See Petroleum Administration for War 

Petroleum Administration for War.. ... I®* 29 

Post Office Department . .......29 

Post-War planning. ..0® 


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Page 

Price Administration, Office of . 18 

Public Buildings Administration . . . . . a 34 

Public Health Service.-.33, 39 

Public Roads Administration 34 

Reconstruction Finance Corporation, . . . 32 

Defense Plant Corp., Defense Supplies Corp., 

Metals Reserve Co., Rubber Reserve Co., War 
Damage Corp., Rubber Development Corp. 

Red Cross. 43 

Rubber Development Corporation. ..... . 32 

Rubber Director, Office of the. .. . 19 

Rubber Reserve Company. . . . .32 

Selective Service System. ... . 16 

Senate, U. S...3 

Social Security Board .......... . 33 

Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Office of.30 

SPARS — See Navy Department 

State, Department of. ..... . ..25 

Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations ... 35 

Supreme Court of the United States. ... . 3 

Treasury, Department of the.. 2^ 

Customs Bureau, War Savings Staff, Foreign Funds 
Control, Procurement Division, Secret Service 
Division 

U. S. Army — See War Department 

U. S. Civil Service Commission. • . ..... 36 

U. S. Employment Service. ....16 

U. S. Maritime Commission . ..i0 

U. S. Navy — See Navy Department 

U. S. Office of Education... 33, 40, 41 

U. S. Senate.... 

Veterans Administration ... . 37 

WAACS — See War Department 
WAFS — See War Department 

War Communications, Board of. ............. 20 

Also see Federal Communications Commission 

War Damage Corporation.32 

War Department. . .. 0 

Air Force, Nurses, WAACS, WAFS 
War Information, Office of. 

23 

War Labor Board. ^ 

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Page 


War Manpower Commission . 

U. S. Employment Service, Selective Service 

W&r Production Board. ... . - - 

Office of the Rubber Director. ...... 

War Relocation Authority. . 

War Savings Staff — See Treasury Department 

War Shipping Administration ..... . 

WAVES — See Navy Department 

White House. . 

Women’s Bureau, Labor Department.. 


16,33 

B i *4 

* 19 
' 22 

• 10 

* 2 
• 42 


THE UNITED NATIONS 


Austral is.... 

Belgium.. . « . . . • . . • . 

British Information Services.. . 

Canada.. 

China... 

Combined Boards ..... . 

Czechoslovakia.. 

Denmark .................. 

Fighting France ........ . 

Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations 

Great Britain . . ....... 

Greece. • .... 

India... 

Inter-American Defense Board. ....... 

Inter-American Information. ... . 

Luxembourg. 

Netherlands . 

New Zealand . .......... 

Norway. .... 

Phi 1ippines. 

Poland... 

Post-war planning ............. 

South Africa. ... 

Soviet Union. 

United Nations Information Office ..... 
Yugoslavia... 


1 * • 50 

" • 50 

' • 51 
1 * • 51 
1 ’ * 64 

' * 52 

" ' 53 
' " ' 54 
1 • * 65 
’ * - 50 
’ ’ ’ 55 
’ • ’ 57 
' ' * 65 
12 , 46,48 
' • • 57 
’ • ’ 58 
1 * * 59 
' • * 60 
1 • • 61 
1 • • 61 
' • * 66 
, . . 62 
1 • • 63 
’ ' * 46 
- • • 63 


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ABBREVIATIONS 

Page 

APC Alien Property Custodian, Office of . 23 

BEW Board of Economic Warfare .......... 13 

CIAA Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 

Off ice of. 12 . 48 

F 8 I Federal Bureau of Investigation.• • 28 

FCC Federal Communications Commission. 31 I 

IADB Inter-American Defense Board. 55 

NHA National Housing Agency . . 22 

OCD Civilian Defense, Office of ... ..20 

ODT Defense Transportation, Office of . 19 

OES Economic Stabilization, Office of . 13 

0FRR0 Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, 

Office of ...... 65 

Lend- Lend-Lease Administration, Office of. . . . .. }5 

Lease 

OPA Price Administration, Office of .. 18 

ORD Rubber Director, Office of the. 19. 

OWI War Information, Office of. ..... || 

PAW Petroleum Administration for War. .... .18,29 

WLB National War Labor Board.23 

WMC War Manpower Commission.16,33 

WPB War Production Board. 14 

WRA War Relocation Authority. ..22 

WSA War Shipping Administration . ..jO 

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